Purple Potato and Chicken Salad

June 10, 2013

For the last few weeks I have been repeating how mild this year’s temperature have been. Sure half the world was plunked into one of the coldest winters of late, but for us living in the tropics that was such a nice respite from our usual curse: heat.

I should have kept my mouth shut.

The last few days have given me a taste of the days ahead, the heat is back with a vengeance. I have a hard time functioning during the hottest hours of the day, and we refuse to turn on the air conditioner. I have resorted to my usual summer strategy of working early in the morning and in the evenings and napping and chilling out during the middle of the day.

My cooking schedule also changes.

I hate cooking and eating heavy meals when I am hot.

The idea of slaving over a hot stove to make a 3 or four hot dishes meal seems insane to me. Well, at least it would drive me insane. I have mastered the technique of cooking with the minimum of effort. I am the ninja of the one dish-meal.

In case you missed them, these are some of my other summer-friendly one dish-meals: